episode_0058

Power, distance, finesse. Everything is overwhelmingly lacking.

All I can offer is speed.

“Phew…!”

If so, it is bound to create surprises and variables at that speed.

Faster. Even faster.

“Kahat…!”

Honestly, this is the first time since I got to the expert level that I have accelerated to a point where my body is in danger, so I think it will take some time to get used to it. However, there is no problem. Because I have accelerated my thinking, I can enjoy time dozens of times faster than others.

“Seuuu…! Fuuu…!”

Due to the accelerated thought, the world stops and the heart beats at a speed never felt before, and at the same time, mana containing electricity spreads throughout the body, interacting at a speed never before compared, strengthening bones and muscles and transmitting signals. Give and receive.

“Hwaaa!”

“Huh…up…!”

The attack and defense unfolded so fast that the sound of metal resonating like a shower could be heard as one syllable.

“Um…!”

Even my older brother seems to be unable to handle my speed even though I put all his effort into it, so he quickly backs away. I followed him persistently… but even so, my attacks didn’t even graze his skin.

“This monster is really…!”

I couldn’t tell exactly what had changed, but I could feel that as my speed increased, his defense became extremely efficient. In particular, when he took the position with a strange step and led my attack, then defended and counterattacked at the same time, I was so surprised that I almost blacked out.

I couldn’t understand how that was possible even after seeing it so clearly before my eyes.

“Pfft…!”

When I saw that his right foot was about to take a side step, I quickly cut down his side, but his torso, which was approaching the blade, had already stopped taking steps, as if he had read my thoughts, and was preparing to push my sword down.

A movement of all offense and defense that, if hit, will block the attack and at the same time end up stabbing the neck.

“Ughhh…!”

After noticing this, I withdrew my sword and was about to stab him in the head, but I was startled when I saw his right foot trying to take a step forward.

Even though all attack and defense movements were in vain, they were still attacking.

It’s too late to back out. No matter how fast I am, I have no intention of competing in speed with Karl, who is already close to me.

“Profit…!”

He desperately spun around and dodged to the side, while at the same time changing his sword’s direction and aiming for the neck.

However, he twisted his wrist, raised his arm, lightly blocked it with his nose, and then pulled his sword straight out.

I shuddered at the feeling of the cool aura passing over my neck and touching my skin, turned my body sideways to avoid it, and then retreated a long way away.

This whole process happened in the blink of an eye.

“Ha, ha…! Does this make sense…?”

It was an attack that utilized my reflexes and speed, which were pushed to the limit.

Efficient and optimized movements, as if they had been anticipating a fight with me for a long time. When I think about creating that in real time, I feel like my hair is turning white.

Even though I saw it in person, I couldn’t understand how such an attack and defense was possible. No, I’m faster, but how? It’s not just fast either. Overwhelmingly fast.

Still, he was responding to my movements. This is ridiculous.

“……”

Is it an ability related to your brother’s tech tree? Just as I accelerate my thinking and slow down my surroundings, did my brother gain a tech tree that can destroy my speed through enlightenment?

“Whoa…woo…!”

Even so, my brother was by no means relaxed in all of those battles.

This is a fact that can be seen by looking at his heated body temperature, rough breathing, and flowing sweat that I can feel even from a distance, even though he moves less than me.

I don’t know what tech tree there is, but I know that if I get a little faster, I can overwhelm it. But how? That was the limit of my physical ability.

“Phew…!”

I observe my brother in his calm posture.

If physical ability is limited, the speed of attack and defense must be increased by other means.

It feels like minimizing and optimizing movement.

“Easier said than done. Well…”

Even now, I feel like I’m moving in a simple enough way. Compressing it further here is impossible with my current skills. I thought about trying to copy my brother’s movements, but a bird breaks its leg trying to follow a stork. If you make unfamiliar movements, your neck will disappear in an instant.

“…Tsk!”

In that case, you really have no choice but to risk your life just for the sake of attacking.

“Heart, please hold on…!”

Thump thump thump thump!

As if responding to my request, my heartbeat begins to beat more violently.

“Sigh…!”

As blood pressure rises too high, the back of the neck becomes stiff and overly strengthened muscles tighten the bones, causing pain. Because I didn’t have enough breath, no matter how much I breathed, it felt like I was suffocating.

“Whoop! Whoa! Phew…!”

The obvious limitations of the body.

That is also the limit of a body enhanced with mana, not an ordinary body. The moment the mana circulation is disturbed even a little, it will crumble like cookie crumbs.

“…Kaaa!”

I kicked the ground with all my might.

The electric aura, which let out a dry bursting sound like a scream, was crushed, but the camel-type’s complexion did not flinch.

“Whoop…whoop…!”

He took a deep breath, as if holding his breath in his stomach, and moved nimbly to deflect my attack.

Because I had so little weight and strength, I was easily blown away.

“What!?”

I thought I would use it, block it, or let it go like before, but I was shocked and hastily caught my balance.

“……”

The calm, smiling camel-type face couldn’t be more obnoxious.

“That’s how it comes out…!”

It seems like I can’t handle the speed, so I throw it away and cut off the attack. This is a very reasonable method.

“Just keep throwing it out…!”

I threw all my weight forward and jumped in with all my might.

Cheeenn!

While dozens or hundreds of sword strikes collided and lasted as long as one syllable, they desperately searched for his weak point and stabbed, cut, and dug in again.

However, the camel type really blocks, sheds, dodges, and bounces with minimal movement.

Even the trick of creating a fake gap, inducing an attack, and then cooking it to your liking was worth a thousand dollars.

“Oh please! How on earth do you defend yourself? You’re slower than me! You’re too late to react! The number of people wielding swords is many times greater! But why isn’t it right!?”

In the end, I was so frustrated that I ended up screaming.

At my words, Camel smiled slyly as if he was looking at his cute little brother, but the process seemed very slow, which made him even more angry.

“Fa…re…d…high…skill…is…ah…no…ji…!”

“Ugh…!”

The number of counterattacks was gradually increasing. It wasn’t just a counterattack, it was two or three moves in mind, so a shiver ran down my spine every time I received one sword at a time.

“K, ahhh!”

Mana and blood circulated faster. A heavy dull pain arises from the heart that has already surpassed its limit. Every bone in my body was creaking and seemed as if it might break at any moment.

Attack, attack, attack!

I swung my sword at the highest speed I could now, with only attack in mind.

Gradually, swoosh.

Blood flowed from the limbs that allowed me to fight back, but I didn’t care. Instead, I used that pain as fuel to overwork my body even more.

“Huh…ugh…!”

Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who had reached his limit, and my brother’s breathing had become very heavy and he was struggling as if he was going to fall over at any moment.

“Hehehe, if you push a little harder…!”

At that moment, blood came rushing out. My vision turns red and my whole body trembles.

“Ugh…!”

My body was screaming beyond its limits.

Camel-hyung, who was looking at this sadly, raised his sword.

“Now…it’s…the end…it’s time…”

“Whoever wants to do it? I’m still fresh!”

As he looks at his brother with bright red eyes and forces himself to smile, a deeper shadow falls on his face.

“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…and…and…thank you…thank you…”

“…Not much to say.”

As I lifted the sword with difficulty, the tip trembled.

“Whoop, whoop…!”

“Send me away with the least amount of pain…”

“Thank you so much for that…! Whoa!”

Long strides. Camel, who was leading the way, approached with a smooth pace. The focus was off here and there and there were gaps here and there, but in all likelihood, those gaps were deliberately exposed to draw out my attack.

“Damn, you’re making me angry until the end…!”

I forced my creaking body to move and rushed forward.

Chachachachachachachachaechang…!

I guess my speed has slowed down. I saw that the sound of the swords clashing was not connected as one.

“Ugh…!”

So, naturally, the wounds on my body increased over time.

I feel dizzy. The feeling is dull and heavy, as if my limbs have turned into lead.

But I moved. It was constantly moving.

“Whoop! Phew! Whoa!”

“First…go…go…for…a long time…wait…don’t…a… .will…be…all…”

Immediately after his frustratingly slow words, a sword strike flew in, piercingly suppressing my attack. The sword, with its colorful aura, approached in a perfect trajectory, perhaps because it was meant to pierce the heart at once.

You can’t avoid it. You can’t stop it.

“K…Hot!”

‘Do you think it will end like this!’

‘I can’t die alone!’

I wanted to say those words, but in that urgent moment, all that came out was a scream-like sound.

“Kaaagh!”

In the midst of that roar, mana rushed through the mana circuit at a speed that exceeded the controllable speed.

Quang!

After a magnificent drum sound resounded in my heart.

The blood began to carve away the blood vessels from their inner walls.

The muscles swelled beyond the limits of tension.

The bones all over my body shattered into pieces.

In return for that, I was able to achieve speeds that were clearly beyond what I had achieved before.

A golden opportunity to attack just once.

My sword quickly advanced towards his heart.

“…!”

Camel’s eyes widened, but it was too late to block, spill, or dodge.

“K…!”

In the end, as they continued their attacks, the brothers’ swords pierced each other’s hearts right in the middle.

Well, it seems like my heart burst out a long time ago in order to succeed in the attack just now.

“Sigh…!”

“Cough!”

As the accelerated thinking returned to normal, I was able to see his reactions at full speed.

Blood is flowing out of Camel’s mouth as well as mine.

“…Great…Great…”

Although the pain was mixed, his mouth and eyes were clearly smiling.

“Proud…of…my younger brother…”

I chuckled, gesticulating in the air to buy the elixir.

It seemed like my brother couldn’t even move a finger, but as a heart breaker, I was used to enduring the pain and purchasing elixir.

“Your brother…is…a bit…cheek…”

“Khahaha…!”

After laughing cheerfully, his head falls down like a sick chicken.

“No!”

“You idiot!”

“Ahhhh!”

The sorrowful and desperate cries of women rang out.

“Khahahaha! Stupid things killing each other! It’s more than I expected! Delheim’s future has fallen to the ground with this! The damn enemy who killed my son! I feel refreshed inside! Hahahahaha!”

Garnis’ voice rang in my ears.

“Phew…!”

After removing the sword from my brother’s body and the sword from my body, I grabbed the two bottles of elixir that appeared in the air. I quickly opened the caps and poured them into my brother’s mouth, while at the same time putting them upside down in my mouth and gulping them down.

Gulp, gulp, gulp…!

This is already my third time drinking the elixir, but the feeling of healing and uplift I feel every time I drink it feels like I’m addicted.

“What, what!? what…!? What is happening!”

Garcia, seeing the wound healing quickly, shouts in astonishment.

“Phew…”

As I looked around at my completely healed body, I smiled brightly at the sight of my older brother, who was also completely healed and frowning.

“Uh, um…?”

“Are you awake? There’s some left, so drink it all first.”

“Eup, Eup!? Gulp, gulp! Gulp!”

After drinking the elixir to the last drop, he opened his eyes with difficulty and a cold expression in the dazzling lights of the banquet hall.

“…What happened? Have you already arrived in the afterlife?”

“What is the afterlife? Come to your senses because you’re not dead yet.”

“…huh?”

I burst out laughing when I saw my brother looking up at me with a blank expression.

After laughing for a while, I put my hand on my brother’s shoulder and looked at the spot where the sword had penetrated.

“How is your physical condition? Are you okay?”

“You’re okay, you’re sleeping… No, you actually seem to be much stronger than before…?”

“Right? That’s why I like elixir.”

“Eh, elixir?”

“Elixir!?”

Garnis came closer before I knew it. I still responded with a deep smile and waved the empty elixir around.

“That’s right. Elixir. The legendary elixir that can revive even the dead. Of course, it’s impossible to truly revive the dead, but it’s easy to fix a heart rupture or puncture. As a bonus, it fills your soul vessel and increases your mana, so wouldn’t it be a good deal?”

“Nonsense! Well, there’s no way something like that actually exists! That only exists in legend…!”

“kekeke. So how do you explain those of us who survived unharmed? Have you already died and become a ghost?”

“…!”

Garnis’ eyes widened at my mocking words, and his pupils trembled in disbelief and bewilderment.

“Anyway, this is the end of the honor duel. We all died and came back to life once, so there will be no harm to our reputation. Isn’t that right?”

“……”

He had a lot to say, but he just gaped, looking like he didn’t know what to say.

“Phew…well, since I’ve fulfilled all the transaction conditions with this, I’ll take Pegma and Petra.”

I supported my brother, who could not stand properly yet, and walked towards the exit of the banquet hall.

The nobles standing there had no intention of talking to us and just quietly cleared the way with their eyes and mouths wide open.

“Wait!”

“What is it? Count Garnis. Do you have more to say?”

” Uh, elixir… where did you get that? ”

“Do you think you can tell me that?”

“Well, then! Do you have any remaining elixir…”

“Hmm…”

After thinking briefly, I smiled.

“There are some left. It’s well kept inside.”

I patted the subspace pocket hanging on my waist and left the banquet hall.

It seemed like Garnis was shouting something behind me, but I couldn’t hear it very well, so I just ignored it.